The Women's Amateur Championship
Tournament information | |
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Location | United Kingdom |
Established | 1893 |
Organised by | The R&A |
Format | Stroke play and match play |
Month played | June |
Current champion | |
Chiara Horder |
The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the
The first tournament was played at the
Format
The championship is contested in two phases. It begins with a 36-hole stroke play competition, played over two days. The leading 64 competitors progress to the knock-out match play competition, ties for 64th place being decided by countback. From 1966 up to 2020, all matches in the knock-out phase were played over 18 holes, but from 2021 the final has been played over 36 holes.
Prizes
The "Pam Barton Memorial Salver" is awarded to the winner to be held for one year, as the actual Championship Cup is held by the Ladies' Golf Union. The runner-up receives The Diana Fishwick Cup. The leading qualifier receives the Doris Chambers Trophy. If two or more players are tied, the result is decided on countback, the player with the lowest second round score being the winner.
History
Pre-World War I
In late 1892 several members of Wimbledon Ladies Golf Club contacted other ladies' clubs, in hopes of forming a ladies' golf union and holding a ladies' championship. The men's
The two clubs combined their efforts in the
The 1894 championship was held in May at Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent. May became the regular month for the championship to be held, although sometimes it was held in early June. The event was extended to the Friday, with the quarter-finals and semi-finals played on the Thursday. The finalists were the same as in 1893, with Lady Margaret Scott winning again, but by a closer margin of 3&2.[7]
In 1895 the event was played at
From 1899 to 1907 the championship was dominated by Irish women.
Rhona Adair won the following year at Westward Ho!, beating Isabel Nevile 6&5 in the final.[15] The 1901 championship was held in
May Hezlet reached the final again in 1904 at Troon and met Lottie Dod. Dod was better known as a tennis player, having won the Wimbledon ladies' singles championship five times between 1887 and 1893. She had reached the semi-finals in 1898 and 1899 but this was her first final. In a close match Dod won by one hole.[19]
In 1905, at Royal Cromer, another Irish golfer,
The 1908 championship was played on the Old Course at St Andrews. Maud Titterton met Dorothy Campbell in the final. It was the first final for both players, although both players had previously reached the semi-finals, Titterton in 1897 and Campbell in 1904, 1905 and 1906. Titterton won a close match at the 19th hole. The start of the final was delayed because Campbell had not won her semi-final until the 22nd hole.[23]
Campbell won her first championship in 1909, beating
In 1913 the final at
Inter-war period
A championship was planned for October 1919 at Burnham & Berrow but was cancelled because of a railway strike.[32] The first post World War I championship was played at Royal County Down in May 1920. Cecil Leitch, the defending champion from 1914, met Molly Griffiths in the final. Leitch was 6 holes up after the morning round and won 7&6.[33]
Joyce Wethered made her first appearance at Turnberry in 1921. She and Leitch would dominate the event in the 1920s, meeting in the final in 1921, 1922 and 1925. They had also met in the final of the 1920 English Women's Amateur Championship, with Wethered winning. In the 1921 Women's Amateur Championship, the result was reversed. Leitch was 8 up with 9 holes to play and, although Wethered then won four holes in a row, Leitch won the match 4&3.[34]
When the pair met again in 1922 at
In 1924, at
The 1926 championship was due to be played in Harlech in May, but was postponed because of the general strike. The event was rearranged to June, although the Women's Home Internationals, which generally preceded the championship, were cancelled.[42] Joyce Wethered did not enter and Cecil Leitch won, the first woman to win the event four times.[43] A large number of the original entrants scratched, and the final was played a day earlier than usual, on a Thursday.[43]
Simone de la Chaume won the championship in 1927, the first French woman to do so. She had been a semi-finalist in 1926 and was also the first French winner of the Girls Amateur Championship, in 1924.[44] There was another French winner in 1928 when Manette le Blan won the title.[45]
The 1929 championship was played on the
Collett reached the final again at Formby in 1930 and met Diana Fishwick in the final. Fishwick was competing in the event for the first time, although she had won the Girls Amateur Championship in 1927 and 1928.[47] Fishwick led by 5 after the first round and eventually won 4&3.[47]
The format was changed at Portmarnock in 1931, with the introduction of stroke-play qualifying. Two rounds were played, on Saturday and Monday, with the leading 64 advancing to the match-play stage, which took place from Tuesday to Friday.[48] Enid Wilson led the qualifying by 8 strokes, after rounds of 75 and 83, with Wanda Morgan in second place.[49] The two met in the final with Wilson winning 7&6.[50] Wilson had been a semi-finalist three times previously and had won the English title in 1928 and 1930.
In 1932 at Saunton the qualifying days were changed to Friday and Saturday with the match-play played from Monday to Thursday. An American Maureen Orcutt led the qualifying with Wilson three strokes behind.[51] Orcutt was beaten in the first round: Wilson defeated another American Leona Cheney in the semi-finals[52][53] and retained the championship, winning by a score of 7&6.[54] In 1933 at Gleneagles, Wilson won the title for the third year in succession, having beaten Doris Park, in the semi-finals.[55][56][57]
The 1934 championship at
In 1935, Pam Barton reached the final again, beating her sister Mervyn in the semi-finals, but lost, this time to Wanda Morgan.[59][60] In 1936 Bridget Newell led the qualifying and reached the final where she met Pam Barton.[61] Barton won the final 7&5 to win her first championship.[62] The 1937 championship was played at Turnberry. Bridget Newell had died just before the event, causing the Home Internationals to be cancelled. However, the championship continued as normal. There had been a reduction in the number of entries and qualifying was dropped, the event returning to the earlier Monday to Friday dates.[63] There was all-Scottish final, Jessie Anderson beating Doris Park 6&4.[64] Another Scot, Helen Holm, won for the second time in 1938.[65] Pam Barton won her second title in 1939 beating Jean Marks in the final at Royal Portrush.[66]
Post-World War II
The championship resumed at
The 1951 championship was won by
Jessie Valentine won for the second time in 1955, 18 years after her first success, beating Barbara Romack in the final.[76] There were three American semi-finalists in 1956, and all-American final, with Wiffi Smith beating Mary Patton Janssen.[77] Philomena Garvey beat Valentine in the 1957 final, having twice lost in the final previously.[78] Valentine reached the final again in 1958, her third appearance in four years, and won the title for the third time.[79] Elizabeth Price won in 1959, having previously lost two finals.[80]
As in 1956, there were three American semi-finalists in 1960. Barbara McIntire beat Garvey in the final.[81] Marley Spearman won in 1961 and repeated her success in 1962, becoming the first woman to successfully defend the title since Enid Wilson in 1933.[82][83] From 1962 to 1966 the championship was played in late September or early October, returning to June from 1967.
French women had considerable success in the 1960s. Brigitte Varangot won in 1963, 1965 and 1968 while Catherine Lacoste won in 1969. In addition Claudine Cros-Rubin reached the final in 1968 and was a losing semi-finalist three times, in 1961, 1963 and 1965. The American Carol Sorenson won in 1964, beating Bridget Jackson at the 37th hole.[84] Liz Chadwick won successive titles in 1966 and 1967, matching Marley Spearman's achievement in 1961 and 1962.[85][86] In 1965 the championship finished in early October. The final was reduced from 36 to 18 holes. It was the first 18-hole final since 1912.[87]
Qualifying was reintroduced in 1966, for the first time since the 1930s. 36 holes were played on the Tuesday and Wednesday with the match-play on Thursday to Saturday. Originally it was intended that 64 players would qualify, but with the prospect of early morning fog, this was reduced to 32. The match-play draw was seeded.[88]
There were also 32 qualifiers in 1967, the final remaining at 18 holes even though it was the only match on the final day.[89] In 1968, bad weather reduced the qualifying to one round and, as a result, the number of qualifiers was increased to 64.[90][91] Lacoste led the qualifying in three of the first four years, 1966, 1967 and 1969, and went on to win the championship in 1969.[92]
In 1970,
An American,
An American,
In 2000, Rebecca Hudson led the qualifying, was top seed and won the championship, beating Emma Duggleby in the final.[128][129] She was top seed again in 2001 but lost in the second round.[130] She had her second win in 2002, her third final in four years.[131]
Continental European golfers dominated from 2001 to 2009. Five Spanish women won the championship in this period: Marta Prieto in 2001, Elisa Serramià in 2003, Belén Mozo in 2006, Carlota Ciganda in 2007 and Azahara Muñoz in 2009.[132][133][134][135][136] Ciganda led the qualifying in 2007, completing the double of being top seed and winning the event.[137] In 2009 Muñoz was joint leader in the qualifying but seeded second on countback.[138] Swedish women also had successes with Louise Stahle winning in 2004 and 2005, with Anna Nordqvist winning in 2008 after being runner-up in 2006 and 2007.[139][140][141] Stahle was the top seed when she won in 2005.[142]
British women won the championship from 2010 to 2013. Kelly Tidy won in 2010 while Lauren Taylor beat Tidy in the 2011 semi-finals and went on to win in the championship and, at 16, becoming the youngest winner of the event.[143][144] Stephanie Meadow won in 2012 while 17-year-old Georgia Hall won in 2013. Hall had been a semi-finalist in 2012.[145][146] Golfers from continental Europe won from 2014 to 2016. Emily Kristine Pedersen won in 2014 beating Leslie Cloots in the final, while Céline Boutier won in 2015 beating Linnea Ström.[147][148] 15-year-old Julia Engström won in 2016, replacing Taylor as the youngest winner of the event.[149]
At the start of 2017, the Ladies' Golf Union merged with The R&A, which took over the organisation of the championship. Leona Maguire won in 2017, beating Ainhoa Olarra in the final.[150] Leonie Harm beat Stephanie Lau in the 2018 final.[151] In 2019 the name of the event was changed from the "Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship" to "The Women's Amateur Championship". Emily Toy beat New Zealander Amelia Garvey in the final. The 2020 championship was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and was not played until late August. Qualifying was reduced to a single round. Aline Krauter beat Annabell Fuller in the final.[152] The format was revised in 2021 with the final extended from 18 to 36 holes. Louise Duncan beat Jóhanna Lea Lúðvíksdóttir 9&8 in the final, the first 36-hole final since 1964.[153]
Winners
Multiple winners
Eighteen players have won more than one Women's Amateur Championship, through 2022:
- 4 wins: Cecil Leitch, Joyce Wethered
- 3 wins: Lady Margaret Scott, May Hezlet, Enid Wilson, Jessie Valentine, Brigitte Varangot
- 2 wins: Pam Barton, Frances Stephens, Marley Spearman, Liz Chadwick, Mickey Walker, Julie Hall, Rebecca Hudson, Louise Stahle
Eleven players have won both the Women's Amateur and
- Dorothy Campbell:^ 1909, 1911 British; 1909, 1910, 1924 U.S.
- Gladys Ravenscroft: 1912 British; 1913 U.S.
- Pam Barton:^ 1936, 1939 British; 1936 U.S.
- Babe Zaharias: 1947 British; 1946 U.S.
- Louise Suggs: 1948 British; 1947 U.S.
- Marlene Stewart Streit: 1953 British; 1956 U.S.
- Barbara McIntire: 1960 British; 1959, 1964 U.S.
- Catherine Lacoste:^ 1969 British; 1969 U.S.
- Carol Semple Thompson: 1974 British; 1973 U.S.
- Anne Quast: 1980 British; 1958, 1961, 1963 U.S.
- Kelli Kuehne:^ 1996 British; 1996 U.S.
^ Won both in same year.
Stroke-play qualifying
Stroke-play qualifying was first used from 1931 to 1936.[48][63] 36 holes were played with the leading 64 advancing to the match-play stage. There was no seeding. In 1931 qualifying was on Saturday and Monday but was then moved to Friday and Saturday. The leading qualifiers in this period were:
- 1931 Enid Wilson (158)[49]
- 1932 Maureen Orcutt (151)[51]
- 1933 Doris Park (153)[55]
- 1934 Molly Gourlay (152)[214]
- 1935 Ina Clarke (158)[215]
- 1936 Bridget Newell (152)[61]
Qualifying was reintroduced in 1966. Originally it was intended that 64 players would qualify but because of weather conditions, this was reduced to 32. The match-play draw was seeded.[88] The number of qualifiers remained at 32 in 1967.[89] In 1968, bad weather reduced the qualifying to one round and, as a result, the number of qualifiers was increased to 64, returning to 32 in 1969.[90][216] The number of qualifiers was generally 32, although in 1972, 1975, 1982 and 1988 it was increased to 64.[217] In 1990 the number of qualifiers was increased to 64 where it has remained.
- 1966 Catherine Lacoste (148)[88]
- 1967 Catherine Lacoste (150)[89]
- 1968 Peggy Conley (77)[90]
- 1969 Catherine Lacoste (150)[216]
- 1970 Dinah Oxley (149)[93]
- 1971 Beverly Huke (148)[95]
- 1972 Belle Robertson (155)[96]
- 1973 Anne Sander (143)[98]
- 1974 Anne Sander+ (150)[218]
- 1975 Carol Semple (144)[217]
- 1976 Debbie Massey (148)[219]
- 1977 Julia Greenhalgh (150)[220]
- 1978 Beth Daniel (145)[221]
- 1979 Edwina Kennedy (144)[105]
- 1980 Brenda Goldsmith (150)
- 1981 Belle Robertson (145)[108]
- 1982 Marie-Laure de Taya+, Marta Figueras-Dotti (145)[222]
- 1983 Mary Gallagher, Beverley New+ (153)[223]
- 1984 Wilma Aitken (152)[112]
- 1985 Marie-Laure de Taya (152)[224]
- 1986 Jill Thornhill (145)[225]
- 1987 Linda Bayman+, Karen Davies (147)[116]
- 1988 Linda Bayman (145)[117]
- 1989 Linda Bayman (147)[118]
- 1990 Lisa Hackney, Kathryn Imrie+, Martina Koch(142)
- 1991 Jane Shearwood, Aline Van der Haegen+ (147)
- 1992 Alison Rose (148)[226]
- 1993 Janice Moodie (145)
- 1994 Julie Hall (142)[227]
- 1995 Julie Hall (144)[228]
- 1996 Eileen Rose Power (144)
- 1997 Janice Moodie (137)
- 1998 Karine Icher (145)
- 1999 Kim Andrew+, Rebecca Hudson, Gwladys Nocera (151)
- 2000 Rebecca Hudson+, Jessica Lindbergh (141)[129]
- 2001 Rebecca Hudson (137)[130]
- 2002 Alison Coffey (143)[229]
- 2003 Danielle Masters (145)[230]
- 2004 Christine Boucher (69)[231]
- 2005 Louise Stahle (145)[142]
- 2006 Azahara Muñoz (142)[232]
- 2007 Carlota Ciganda (138)[137]
- 2008 Caroline Hedwall (140)[233]
- 2009 Carlota Ciganda+, Azahara Muñoz (138)[138]
- 2010 Caroline Hedwall (143)[234]
- 2011 Camilla Hedberg (140)[235]
- 2012 Céline Boutier, Sally Watson+ (141)[236]
- 2013 Nanna Madsen, Su-Hyun Oh+ (141)[237]
- 2014 Laetitia Beck (141)[238]
- 2015 Leona Maguire (135)[239]
- 2016 Leslie Cloots (142)[240]
- 2017 Paula Grant (138)[241]
- 2018 Elodie Chapelet, Elin Esborn+, Esther Henseleit (143)[242]
- 2019 Hannah Screen (139)[243]
- 2020 Rosie Belsham, Amalie Leth-Nissen+, Carolina Melgrati, Emily Price, Isabelle Simpson (71)[244]
- 2021 Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir (140)[245]
- 2022 Emilie Alba Paltrinieri, Ami Yamashita+ (138)[246]
- 2023 Beth Coulter (139)[247]
+ Number one seed. If two or more players are tied, the seeding is decided on countback, the player with the lowest second round score being seeded higher. If players are still tied, the last 9 holes of the second round are used.
Host courses
The Women's Amateur Championship has been played at the following courses, listed in order of number of tournaments hosted (as of 2023):
- 9 Royal County Down Golf Club, Royal Portrush Golf Club
- 6 Hunstanton Golf Club, Royal St David's Golf Club
- 5 Royal Troon Golf Club
- 4 Ganton Golf Club, Gullane Golf Club, Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, St Andrews Links
- 3 Prince's Golf Club, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Turnberry Golf Club
- 2
- 1 Newport Golf Club, North Berwick West Links, Notts (Hollinwell) Golf Club, Portmarnock Golf Club, Pannal Golf Club, Portmarnock Golf Club, Portstewart Golf Club, Prestwick Golf Club, Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, Royal Cromer Golf Club, Royal St George's Golf Club, Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, Sunningdale Golf Club, West Lancashire Golf Club, West Sussex Golf Club, Woodhall Spa Golf Club
Future sites
- 2024 – Portmarnock Golf Club[248]
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